Energy efficient DIY NAS: SFP+ over one PCIe x1 lane possible?

PCIe Gen 3 was unable to accommodate the full bandwidth of high-speed PCIe NVMe SSDs This was effectively creating a bottleneck in SSD performance PCIe Gen 4

PCIe x1: This is the smallest PCIe slot and has a single lane for data communication PCIe x1 slots are often used for less demanding expansion cards, such as

pcie 30 x4 slot Yes, it will work from a PCIe perspective Having said that, there must be physical room to plug it in If the MB vendor didn't allow for a

pcie 4 ssd in pcie 3 slot 2 Answers 2 · Ahk So USB has a theoretical speed limit of 625MBs, PCIE X1 is 250MBs, and USB is 60MBs In that case I'll go for it